Jackie van Beek

Jackie van Beek

48 · Born: Jan 1, 1976

2024
2018

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Born Jan 1, 1976 Wellington, New Zealand

Biography

Jackie is a New Zealand actress, writer and director best known for The Breaker Upperers, a buddy comedy that she co-wrote, directed and starred in with Madeleine Sami. Her first feature film, The Inland Road, premiered in competition at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival. She played Jackie, the desperate familiar, in Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's What We Do in the Shadows and now directs on two of the film's spin-offs: Wellington Paranormal and the Shadows FX series.

Career

2024
Audrey
Audrey as Ronnie Lipsick
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2018
The Breaker Upperers
The Breaker Upperers as Jen
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2016
800 Words
800 Words as Gloria
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2015
Funny Girls
Funny Girls as Pauline
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2014
What We Do in the Shadows
What We Do in the Shadows as Jackie
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Coverband
Coverband as Stacey
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2018
The Breaker Upperers
The Breaker Upperers as Director, Writer
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2017
The Inland Road
The Inland Road as Director, Writer
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